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Maritime National Historic Landmarks: Maritime Exploration

 

As part of the 1988 National Historic Landmark (NHL) theme study, "The Maritime Heritage of the United States," historians from the NHL Program and the Maritime Heritage Program collected NHL nominations related to maritime exploration. The list is updated as new NHLs are designated.

 

Bering Expedition Landing Site

Kayak Island, Valdez-Cordova, AK
Period of significance: 1741
Designated an NHL: 1978
NHL nomination and images

 

Columbus Landing Site

Saint Croix Island, VI
Period of significance: 1493
Designated an NHL: 1960
NHL nomination and images unavailable

 

Cook Landing Site

Waimea, HI
Period of significance: 1778
Designated an NHL: 1962
NHL nomination and images

 

Drakes Bay Historic and Archeological District

Marin County, CA
Period of significance: 1579-95
Designated an NHL: 2012
Nomination executive summary

 

Safety Harbor Site

Pinellas County, FL
Period of significance: 1500-1700 CE
Designated an NHL: 1964
NHL nomination (images unavailable)

 

San Francisco Bay Discovery Site

San Mateo County, CA
Period of significance: 1769
Designated an NHL: 1968
NHL nomination and images

 

Skytsborg (Blackbeard?s Castle)

Charlotte Amalie, U.S. Virgin Islands
Period of significance: 1679-1700
Designated an NHL: 1994
NHL Nomination?and?images